Thursday, March 28, 2013

Ragnor
Lodbrok and wife Lagertha in the History Channel’s new show,
Vikings. What a smokin’ hot couple! The actors are Travis Fimmel
and Katheryn Winnick. Although fictionalized, the characters are
based on historical people.

Garrick
Haardrad in the novel Fires of Winter by Johanna Lindsey, and his
daughter Kristen in the fabulous sequel, Hearts Aflame.

The
vampire Eric, played by Alexander Skarsgard in the TV show True
Blood.

Thor,
played by Chris Hemsworth in the 2011 movie of the same name.

Guthrum
the Dane, played by actor Michael York in the 1969 film Alfred the
Great, especially the sexy blood bond scene.

Wulfgar
in The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen Woodiwiss.

Einar,
played by Kirk Douglas in the 1958 movie, The Vikings. Yes, often
times bad boys are much more interesting than good ones.

Ancient
Swedish king Hygelac, also a character in the epic poem Beowulf. Love
the name Hygelac!

Hagar
the Horrible, proving there’s a little Viking in all husbands.

Ingvar
Hrothson from my Secret Cravings paranormal romance Wytchfae –
Runes. Yes, I’m madly in love with Ingvar. He rages, fights, and
loves, and also takes pleasure in chocklot puffs and Irish whiskey
when the occasion calls for it.

Monday, March 25, 2013

My name is Marie Rose Dufour and I’m honored to be the first
person to share their writing space. Well, this is my office. I love writing in
here. The walls are a bright, sunny color, which always
helps my mood, especially during the long winter months. Usually, it’s much
messier than this. I write everything out on paper before I type it into the
computer. So usually, the desk is covered with piles and piles of yellow legal
paper. I’m actually shock I was able to get a picture without one of the cats
in it. They always seem to be posing when a camera is around. LOL!

My husband’s an artist, so you can see his newest piece
sitting on the corner of the desk. He’s going through a werewolf stage, which
gives me ideas for shifter stories. Always too many story ideas and not enough
time to write about them.

Writing has always been part of my life. As the oldest of
four, I would write stories and plays to amuse my younger siblings. At the age
of thirteen, I was published in the school paper. It was a narrative about a
talking squirrel. In high school, I graduated into writing "fan fiction"
where my favorite movie stars were the stars. I would read them to my friends
at lunch. I was never seen without a notebook in my hand for my writing.

I always am thinking up stories in my head, so it was a
natural progression to start putting them on paper. My dream of becoming a
published author came true with the publication of my first novella Fated Mates
by Secret Cravings Publishing in September of 2011!

I live in Rhode Island with my wonderful husband, who the
minute he walked through the door of Friendly's Ice Cream, I knew I would marry
him. We share our little house with two crazy cats who think they share their
house with us!